IZUMO ✬

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Most boys would just get creepy about rooming with a girl. [ it isn't what he asked her but nevertheless she'll drop more of her guard as she sits on the edge of the bed. ] If this is luck, though, I'll take it.

[ because i've failed to note this earlier but she has noticeable sores (uclers??) on the lower part of her face and hands. not that she's making any point to draw attention to any of it and is instead just...unwinding. yeah. ]

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Well that's stupid. [then again he has spent a long time rooming with a duck and a dog, so whatever. roommates are roommates. he's giving those ulcers a cursory glance and he wants to ask but he's afraid of losing the slow progress they're making here. it can wait.] Besides, it's your room, too. You should get to relax just like the rest of us.

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[ ....

you know? that single sentiment is something that she can get wholly behind and is going to appreciate after her [gestures vaguely]. so, she'll take a moment look at him again and before letting her shoulders drop. ]

I guess you're not so bad after all if you can understand that. You said your name was Sora, right?

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I'm Izumo.

[ yeah, he might have already knew but something something personal touch? ]

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Right. [and there's a grin once more.] It's nice to meet you. I just got to the room a little while ago, but it looks like everything's been set up for us. Some of your things might be here, and there's fresh towels in the bathroom and stuff. The TV doesn't seem to do much though.

[he explored, but at least he didn't snoop through her things.]

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Stuff for us, huh?

[ guess this means it's time for her to rummage and see what she's been gifted with. or not gifted with... ]

What is on the TV? Is it weird?

[ like everything else. ]

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[there's an affirmative noise. he doesn't want to say she might find it familiar in case she doesn't, but he's curious.]

It's pretty weird. It's a lot of static, but then the other is this song I've never heard before.

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Is it?

[ she has manners now, shocking. ]

Can I turn on the TV to see?

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Yeah, sure. Maybe the channel's changed by now. [and he sits up a little more to get a better look at the tv. turn it on!]

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[ time to turn on that tv!!! and.

kazoos. honestly? she didn't know what to expect and i didn't either when i clicked the link. ]

I can't say I know the song but...it seems like it could be something familiar.

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[suffer as i've suffered. but judging by the face sora's making the channel has not changed since he last checked.]

I haven't asked anybody else yet. I don't even know if we all get the same channels. I was trying to see if I could make out any sort of picture in the static but I've got nothing.

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I don't have any kind of experience with this sort of thing...

[ she'll turn it off to spare both of them the kazoos. ]

I guess, if we want to know, we could ask around. I doubt we'll get different results—probably.

[ something that she does not find particularly appealing. ]

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It couldn't hurt just in case. If we're not meeting with those people who messaged us until later, we have a lot of time to find things out for ourselves.

[it's fine, sora is more than happy to ask everyone all the questions izumo does not want to.]

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[ good. be social for the two of them because her threshold for talking to strangers about these things is very low. ]

...do you really think there's a lot to find out before they tell us anything?

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No. [and it's so sudden and assured it's something he's thought about today.] But trying to find anything is better than sitting and waiting while doing nothing. That way I know just what to ask them when we meet them.

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[ oh, well that's at least refreshing. ]

If they don't lie to us the entire time.

[ she has non trust. none. ]

They say we haven't been kidnapped but it clearly feels like it.

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We have to think that they won't and really listen to them when they come. It's the only way we're going to know what's real and what's not.

[but once again he's looking at her wounds curiously.] Has anything like this happened to you before?

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You're welcome to believe them, but I'm going to wait and see.

[ and hmm.... ]

What part are you talking about? Being kidnapped or being brought to an entirely different place you don't recognize?

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Uh...the first one was what I meant, but both, I guess.

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Kind of.

I've never been transported to a place like this.

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[...well. he asked. and now he's not sure what he should say about it so there's a quiet look for a short time.]

Were you able to get back to where you were taken from?

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[ she.

debates for a long time.

a very.

long time. ]

No.

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[....ah.]

...I'm sorry. That must be hard.

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[ momentarily, she'll looks at her hands—the wounds—before tucking them away and responding. ]

There's nothing for you to feel sorry for. It's not like you had anything to do with it.

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No, but that's still a terrible thing to happen to someone. [but he sees her look at her hands and he has to ask just to keep pushing limits.] Was that right before you came here?

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[ she...tenses up with his sympathy. she doesn't need it and takes a while to respond, yet again. he's going to keep on going with this, isn't he?

she has half the mind to not tell him— ]

I was still there before I came here.

[ there's more to this story but that's all sora is getting. ]